Russian Painters

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Ivan Kugach

(1972-Present)
Ivan Mikhailovich Kugach was born December 21, 1972. He began to study art in 1986 at the 1905 Moscow Art School. He went on from there to study at the Surikov Institute from 1990 to 1996. He was a student of the famous V.N. Zabelin. Ivan Kugach’s work lends itself to subjects such as interiors, still-lifes, landscapes, and portraits.1995, The Galena De Arte (La Pinacoceta) in Barcelona, Spain

Nikolai Dubovik

(1960-Present)

Nikolai Dubovik was born June 16, 1960 in the village of Urzuf, on the Don River in southern Russia. He spent his early childhood residing in a cottage in Tavria on the steeps of Preyazovsky. As a young boy, Nikolai was in love with drawing. Ten years after the death of his mother he entered the orphanage of Taganroge. When he was 14 years old he entered a special school for the arts. During this time of his life he experienced major problems with finances and he armed him self with a French easel made by pieces of panel from a broken bed he found in the attic of the orphanage. When he was 15, he was accepted to the Art College in Honour of Grekov, in the city of Rostov on the Don. Directly after completing his studies here, he began to teach in the Taganroge art school. In 1979 he was drafted into the Soviet Army. From 1982-1988 he was a student of the Surikov Institute under the direction of the Honored Artist of the USSR, T. Salakhov.

Nikolai Sergeyev

(1908-1989)

Nikolai Sergeyev was born in the village of Kriukov in the rural district of Vereiskii on August 4, 1908. Beginning in 1924 he was living and working in Moscow. From 1928 to 1931 he attended courses at the Artists’ Association of Revolutionary Russia guided by I. Mashkov. From 1933 to 1936 he studied at the Moscow Graphic Art Institute in the graphic art department. In 1936 he was admitted into the prestigious Surikov Institute, into the studio of V. V. Ioganson. In 1942, he graduated from the Surikov (under A. A. Osmerkin) receiving the schools top mark (“outstanding” which is very rarely given) for his graduation work titled From Native Land.

Pavel Fedorovich Sudakov

(1914-2010) Pavel Sudakov was born in Moscow in 1914. In 1941 he graduated from the prestigious Surikov Moscow Art Institute where he studied under G. Ryazhskii. During World War II he was a machine gunner, and then served as a frontier troop. He became a junior lieutenant and was awarded the World War II medals: “for the Defense of Moscow” and “For the Victory over the Germans in World War II, 1941- 1945″, among others. Sudakov is best known for employing a historical-revolutionary theme in his works but also did contemporary-themed paintings of landscapes and still-lives. He is a member of the governing council and member of the secretarial council of the Artists’ Guild of Russia. He is Chairman of the Division of painting of the Artists’ Guild of Russia, and a member of the Art Council of the Organization of War Veteran Painters in Honor of M. B. Grekov.

Nikolai Kozlov

(1947-Present)

Nikolai Kozlov was born in 1947, in a simple, poor, working class family in Moscow. His first introduction to drawing took place during evening drawing courses held at the Moscow Art School, the preparatory school for the Surikov Institute. He served for three years in the army in the far east of Russia. Immediately after his time in the army, he was accepted to the Art College of 1905 in Moscow. After college, he worked for the state television company making props. In 1974, he was accepted to the All Union Institute of Cinematography in the painting department. He became a teacher at The Moscow Preparatory Art School in 1980. His credo in life has been: “When I teach I learn, when I find something I give it away, when I notice alive results in my students, I experience joy.”

Nikolai Kozlov is also a member of the Moscow River School, a school steeped in the academic tradition. Great emphasis lies on capturing a sense of atmosphere as well as the accurate depiction of space. Many talented artists consider Kozlov to be one of the greatest living masters of form, space, and spirit. His advice is sought out my many of the Moscow Schools greatest talents.